The Conferences Flashcards
When was Yalta? What decisions were made?
February 1945.
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill conversed.
It was decided the Germans would have elections to choose their own next government, the USSR would declare war on Japan.
Germany and Berlin would be split into four.
There would be negotiation in the United Nations.
Nazi war criminals would be tried for their crimes.
The Soviets would have a sphere of influence and reparations for their losses.
The USSR would gain Polish land, much to fear of Roosevelt and Churchill, and would gain the Curzon Line. Provisional governments would be made from former politicians and governments-in-exile.
At Yalta, Churchill referred to the USSR as a danger to the ….. ……
Free world.
What happened after Yalta to cause Truman to threaten Molotov?
The Russians expanded their land beyond the Curzon line and established a Lublin government. Truman made them involve the government-in-exile for Poland and told Molotov they couldn’t break the Potsdam agreement, so the USSR would get Oder-Neisse instead, expelling millions of Germans West.
Describe Potsdam and decisions made?
July 1945.
Roosevelt had died in April.
On 16 July the first atom bomb was tested.
The USSR had gained 500km in territory to the West, frightening the US and UK.
It was decided:
- The Germans who had fled to Eastern Europe would be sent back to Germany.
- Germany and Berlin would be split into 4 and ran by German authorities with ACC.
- There would be de-Nazification and Nazi war criminals would be tried in a Court of International Justice.
- 25% of industry produced in Germany would go to Russia.
- The Russians would gain Oder-Neisse and declare war against Japan.
On 6 Aug a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the US and on the 9th, one on Nagasaki, so the USSR did not gain any land and suspected the US, while the lack of formal peace treaty allowed the USSR to violate decisions made.
